Amanda B. Buchholz is a freelance writer based in Kansas City. She writes about politics, culture and social justice, with a focus on women’s issues. She is also the past President of the Kansas City, Missouri Chapter of the National Organization for Women and the past Vice President of Missouri NOW.
Republican lawmakers in the Show-Me State have shown us their hand. HB 126 is a sickening declaration that rapists and government officials should have greater control over women’s bodies than we do.